Engine fire...

chevol · Post by **chevol** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:25 am

"Hi friends, Some pilots are ""complaining"" because they never experienced an engine fire. Do they still want one after seeing this? The crew did a good job and brought the plane back all right. Have safe flights... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [attachmentid=315]"

Morn · Post by **Morn** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:55 am

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img] That's the scarest time to have such a failure.

sams · Post by **sams** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:48 pm

Fantastic picture!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:58 pm

"I have my doubts. I'm an avid photographer and it looks like its been Photoshopped. I could be wrong, but I don't think its real. EDIT: I also checked the NTSB for engine fires on B777's that occured at take-off and found nothing. Again, I might be out to lunch, but I don't think its real."

chevol · Post by **chevol** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:29 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hawkeyeted @ Sep 7 2005, 11:58 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I have my doubts. I'm an avid photographer and it looks like its been Photoshopped. I could be wrong, but I don't think its real. EDIT: I also checked the NTSB for engine fires on B777's that occured at take-off and found nothing. Again, I might be out to lunch, but I don't think its real. [right][snapback]5014[/snapback][/right] </div> Always possible with today's technology! It was given to me by a pilot but I do not know the source. Sorry if it not real, I never saw a real one and I hope I wont ever..."

Post by **esurfman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:34 pm

You might whant to see this.... <a href='http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/fire01.asp' target='_blank'>Photograph shows an American Airlines airliner with an engine on fire.</a>

sams · Post by **sams** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:49 am

...but it looks really imprissive! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] Great painter! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:42 pm

"Snopes confirmed my thoughts...no ""reflections"" against the fuselage. But there are other tell-tale signs. For me, it is two contradictory forces of physics. 1) The fire wouldn't ""wrap-around"" and be ingested into the fan unless the engine was running. 2) The fire won't come through the fan unless the engine is stopped. So, how can fire be sucked into the intake and come out of fan at the same time? I've seen two MAJOR engine fires in my time. Keep in mind, they weren't commercial aircraft, but Navy jets at full power, under tention on a carrier catapult. Both were S-3B Vikings which are turbfans, albiet smaller than anything commercial. In both instances, the flames were actually just being fanned out the tail pipe. Once the motor was stopped, the flames ceased in the tail pipe, instead started to melt the paint on the engine nacells. At no time did I see any major flames come out the fan, as seen in this photo. [/bantering] I'll stop now... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif[/img]"